ICADL 2007 - LNCS 4822

Towards a Digital Archive for Handwritten Paper Slips with Ethnological Contents

A.C. Schering¹, I. Bruder², C. Schmitt³, H. Meyer¹, and A. Heuer¹

¹Database Research Group, Dept. of CS, University of Rostock, Germany

²IT Science Center Ruegen, Putbus, Germany

³Wossidlo Archive, University of Rostock, Germany

Abstract. Contemporary digital libraries and archives of ethnological information focus mainly on document based storage and access methods for their data. However, our archive is designed to manage smallest pieces of information and can enable ethnologists not only to easily store and access their material, but also to derive new knowledge by combining existing data. In this paper, we present the first steps in building a digital archive for paper slips with ethnological contents from the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Along with the architectural and accessibility aspects of the WossiDiA system, we describe enhancements for efficient retrieval and for supporting modifications to access structures.

LNCS 4822, p. 61 ff.

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